Karakoram Range, great mountain system extending some 300 miles (500 km) from the easternmost extension of Afghanistan in a southeasterly direction along the … See more

Because of their great height, the Karakorams exhibit heavy glaciation, particularly on the southern, more humid slopes. Glaciers of the central, highest mountains i… See more

Structurally, the Karakorams originated from folding in the Cenozoic Era (i.e., during the past 65 million years). Granites, gneisses, crystallized schists, and phyllites dominate t… See more

The climate of the Karakoram Range is for the most part semiarid and strongly continental. The southern slopes are exposed to the moist monsoon (rain-bearing) wi… See more